Re: [SG2] 15mm Figs, Anyone? A company wants to supply...

>At 10:50 AM 2/13/97 -0600, John Kovalic wrote:
>>>>The official Traveller ranges were a magnificent series by GW and (I
>>>>think) Ral Partha. They had everything from very neat Starship
Troopers
>>>>powered armour down to 'low-tech', nearly twentieth century troops
for
>>>>backwards planets. Good stuff if you can find them.
>>>
>>>Originally the range was Martian Metals. It was licenced in Britain
to
>>>Citadel (before they were part of the GW conglomerate). RAFM (not Ral
>>>Partha) had a licence to do Citadel figures. I have some old Citadel
>>>Traveller, Orcs, and Dwarf cannons molded by RAFM.
>>
>>Are you sure about this? The Martian Metal minis were MUCH worse than
the
>>GW /Citadel ones. It seemed to me (at the time, and now, looking at
them
>>again) that they MUST have been two different lines.
>
>I had an old game article that mentioned this, but I've since heard
from
>others that the Citadel molds were different from the Martian Metals
molds.
>I'm no longer sure, anymore. It could very well be that the Citadel
stuff
>was licensed in the UK and then produced in North America through RAFM
and
>their Citadel deal.
>
>Allan Goodall:  agoodall@sympatico.ca 

The old Citadel ranges (sold in boxes of 20 figs) were certainly VERY
different from the Martian Metals stuff, and yes, AFAIK the Citadel ones
were produced under license by RAFM for the US/Canadian market. What
little
I have seen from MM was pretty crude and stumpy, while the Citadel ones
were really excellent.
BTW, I believe that Metal Magic in Germany also did some Traveller (or
Traveller-esque) 15mms only a few years back (some of which MAY have
been
connected with the old Citadel stuff, I'm not sure) - can any of our
Continental members confirm this or shed any further light?

Jon T.